Watch your traffic grow with Sparklines
We have two quick announcements about new Stats features. The first one affects everyone with a WordPress.com blog. The second is just for those who have marked their blogs Private.
The WordPress.com Admin Bar (visible at the top of your screen if you are logged into WordPress.com) now shows a tiny stats chart called a sparkline. You will only see the sparkline on your own blogs. Here’s a screenshot of my admin bar:
The chart consists of 48 upright bars representing the last 48 hours of page views for the current blog. Darker lines indicate nighttime according to the blog’s time zone setting. This is just to give you a rough overview of recent activity. The chart is also a link to the Site Stats page so you’re that much closer to the full picture. The sparkline has been available to self-hosted WordPress.org users through Jetpack for several months.
Private blogs, which can be viewed only by users chosen by the administrator, now track the page views of all of their users. Traditionally we have omitted the views attributed to a blog’s own users because stats were meant to reflect the activity of the general public. However, this meant that private blogs had no useful stats reports. This change will be especially useful for private blogs that have many users.
How are your stats looking today? To get those numbers moving, check out Scott’s recent post on How to Get More Traffic.
Update: We increased the contrast and added a scale that appears when you place your mouse cursor over the chart.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:08 pm
I like it a lot, and it’s good to see when my peak times are for visitors. Is it possible to expand it and look more closely at the sparlines, as opposed to just linking to the regular stats charts?
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:46 pm
Thank you! Nice little tool, well done.
Looking forward to more, more, more …
August 22nd, 2011 at 6:45 pm
Interesting!
August 22nd, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Lovin’ it!
August 22nd, 2011 at 9:24 pm
It’s to small … how to make it bigger, or just appear on a widget ?
August 22nd, 2011 at 10:16 pm
Great idea! Thanks for keeping us informed!
August 23rd, 2011 at 12:09 am
Great!
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:15 am
INCREDIBLY DEPRESSING! How can I turn it off?
August 23rd, 2011 at 10:27 am
Good. I like this way!
August 23rd, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Great feature. I realize how badly my blog needs resuscitation! Add a steady beep sound for flat-lining blogs or a notification that says “All good blogs go to heaven. But your blog wasn’t very good.” WordPress can issue an official time of death and even offer dead blog grief counseling in the form of a forum section. I’m kidding but also halfway serious!
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:02 pm
I’m not quite sure what the small arrow and the number indicate on the sparklines. Love the feature though. Thank you:)
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:44 pm
The arrow indicates the height of the tallest bar and the number tells how tall it is. In other words, it’s showing you the scale of the chart.
August 23rd, 2011 at 4:26 pm
This is a great feature!
August 23rd, 2011 at 7:18 pm
nice feature. thanks
August 24th, 2011 at 12:24 am
Im amazed thank you wordpress! this will help our surf camp business grow, as weve just started out this is a great way of seeing the effect our blogging and marketing will have on the site.
happy days !
Rachel
Surf Star Morocco
August 24th, 2011 at 8:27 am
Having stats on a private blog doesn’t seem to be a good idea for everyone. Many people (I included), develop a blog in private before launching it publicly. Now when I launch it, it will already have xxx visits! Shame I can’t start from zero when i make it public.
August 24th, 2011 at 10:35 am
Ah, I thought there was something wrong with my screen!!
Great idea, now I know what it means. Thank you!
August 24th, 2011 at 3:47 pm
ooooooooh..glitter!
August 24th, 2011 at 9:14 pm
Why won’t it expand so I can see the details of the last 48 hours? When I click on it, it takes me to my normal stats page. My vision may be bad, but I can’t read that.
August 24th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
verryverry nice….
tq’s
August 24th, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Hello Out there in radieo land this is really a trip just new stuff to look at
August 25th, 2011 at 2:12 am
Very Cool. I’ll love it when I’m generating more traffic. Just my 2nd day aboard.
August 25th, 2011 at 7:01 am
very nice features fro common users…
August 25th, 2011 at 7:12 am
Thanks for the wonderful feature
August 25th, 2011 at 7:15 am
Awesome cool!
August 25th, 2011 at 10:29 am
The update of the WordPress is quietly good.
August 25th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
ok, thanks
August 25th, 2011 at 9:35 pm
Glad that what was available for wordpress.org is now available for .com’ers
August 26th, 2011 at 3:19 am
cool
August 26th, 2011 at 3:51 am
Great Work !
August 26th, 2011 at 11:31 am
Wonderful. How you do all this
August 26th, 2011 at 1:23 pm
yes perfect!
August 26th, 2011 at 4:49 pm
This such a useful tool, thanks. Knowledge is power.
August 26th, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Thanks a lot, it’s real a useful tool.
August 27th, 2011 at 2:15 pm
This is helpful! As a new blogger sometimes things can seem a little overwhelming!
August 29th, 2011 at 12:31 am
what does the number in the sparkline represent? Where there’s an arrow that says 1,106?
November 17th, 2011 at 6:46 pm
It’s the highest number of visits per hour recorded in the last 48 hours.
August 29th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Thanks for the excellent feature!
August 29th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
My sparkline **POOFED** out. It is like a lizard crossing an unpopulated area of the Sahara desert. It is good addition if your site has heavy traffic.
August 30th, 2011 at 9:09 am
How smart !
You never stop providing us with bright innovations.
Thanks a million WordPress Team
August 31st, 2011 at 4:16 pm
People get 1,016 views an HOUR?? What am I doing wrong?!? Woe is me!